What is Truth?

What is the truth? This sounds like a very simple question but the deeper you go into this subject the more confusing truth becomes. There are two theories of truth, they are known as coherence theory of truth and correspondence theory of truth. The Correspondence theory of truth views that truth is when something is said and it matches what is going on in reality. For example, if someone says they are holding a pencil, it is only true if that person is holding a pencil at the same exact time that they claim they are. This seems to be very simple but it can be very confusing. Someone could think something is true because it matches reality but, they could be dreaming. If a person is dreaming, they can think that something is true but it is only true in their dream, not in reality. This shows how confusing correspondence theory of truth can be. Coherence theory of truth is a theory that something could be referred to as true by one person but a different person might not see the same thing true because they have different beliefs. An example of this is if a die hard Red Sox fan said, “The Red Sox will win the world series in 2010.” This is true if the Red Sox really do win the world series in 2010. This is true to the die hard Red Sox fan because they made some key moves in the offseason which would make the Red Sox fan think they will really win the world series in 2010. However, if a die hard Yankees fan heard this they would shoot the idea down right away. They have completely different beliefs and think that the Yankees will win the world series in 2010. This shows how coherence theory of truth can be so contradictory. I feel that correspondence theory of truth is by far the better theory. Something is true when it matches what is going on in the world. I do not think that coherence theory of truth is a good theory because not everyone has the same beliefs which causes conflicts in coherence theory of truth. What do you guys think?